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05-02-2024, 10:36 PM | #1 |
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Front bumper differences
Are there any real differences between the front bumper for a 1930 Model A sedan and a 1930 Model A truck? Will someone please explain to me what differences, if any, exist between the two bumpers?
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05-02-2024, 11:05 PM | #2 |
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Re: Front bumper differences
I think they were the same until one had a wreck.
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05-03-2024, 07:32 AM | #3 | |
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An also FWIW, there were two different types of front bumper bars on the 1928, and then a different front bumper bar for the 1929. So basically there was a different front bumper for all years of regular production. |
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05-03-2024, 09:33 AM | #4 |
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Re: Front bumper differences
And the AA vehicles had different bumpers.!
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05-03-2024, 09:36 AM | #5 |
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Re: Front bumper differences
Judging standards 15-1 explains too!
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05-03-2024, 11:43 AM | #6 | |
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05-03-2024, 02:22 PM | #7 | |
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'AR' term was never used on bumpers. The open end bar is A-17757 which was basically a superseded Model-T part number. This is what is commonly referred to as the open end bumper. Then A-17757-A was introduced around 11/27/1927 which is the E - M1928 bumper bar. Next was the A-17757-B which was designed for the later '28s and the 1929 production year. The A-17757-C was the 62⅞" bumper, and then the A-17757-D which was the 60" bumper that was used until end of production. This can be researched at the Benson Research Center. . . |
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05-03-2024, 03:07 PM | #8 | |
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From your 1st picture it looks like the early-mid 1928 bar is about twice that indentation, so our car has the late 28-29 bar. What was the diff from A-17757-B to A-17757-C? |
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05-04-2024, 11:28 AM | #10 | |
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They just mention the August 1930 change from 62-7/8 to 60" length. My Dec 28 car measures 63-1/8 with a tape measure but that could be off a little. The ends dent in though as described, just not as much as the earlier 28. Looks like 1930-31 was almost flat across, no shaping on the ends. I do see a picture in DeAngelis et al 1971 pn pg 155 of a prototype 1930 car, dated Sep 26, 1929, it still has the 1928-29 style bumper not the flatter 1930 style. |
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